Occams Razor. A principle of philosophical discussion urging the use of the most economical and least complex assumptions, terms and theories....
Who said anything about a republic. I'm all in favour of the anarchic libertarian socialist state of Yorkshire. The rest of you buggers can suffer...
According to recent census' the most common, single belief in the U.K is atheism. However if you group all the christian sects together (anglican,...
I shan't argue with you on this. If you want my opinions on specific aspects of christianity (an religion in general) see the thread "Coming To...
We use cattle prods!!
Nah mate thats called an Oxymoron. Like "military intelligence", "american intellectual" :) , "honest politician", "religious enlightenment"...
Er....probably. But the basket would do that anyway wouldn't it???? :cry:
I'm sorry I didn't realise Manchester had a cricket team. Or are we talking about Rugby. Let me think...... Nope can't think of a decent Manc...
Quite the opposite. I train to avoid trouble. Isn't it an old philosophy that ..."we learn martial arts that we need never use them" ???...
Its distinctly possible. A Hong Kong chinese chap I was at university with told me that Feng Shui translates as "gullible westerner". I thought he...
I really cannot understand this. There's a thread about names of uk inhabitants and nobody has yet referred to us Yorkshire folk. ITS ONLY...
Words have meaning? "When I get my hands on him he's dead." Uh oh. By your definition there is no room for broad interpretation. So If I...
I don't think its a question of semantics especially since translation is involved. I believe its more a question of metaphor. But that could...
Quite possibly. I am not a practitioner of Buddhism or zen as a whole though I do use koans as a way of "loosening" the mind. I was under...
If it wasn't for Judo the Tomiki style of Aikido would not exist and my life would be a little bit emptier. Wouldn't catch me doing Judo...
Hmm. Not something that had occurred to me. I had taken it as a metaphor for impeding free-flowing thought. The water being thought and the tub...
"I've created a new style called <insert instructors surname here>do" This is true. It was in an article in my local newspaper. We try to avoid...
Most of it and yes it is stunningly dull and terribly confusing. Das Kapital was much better, more plot twists and a surprise ending!!! Try...
Been here since February and only got 112 posts (no 113 now). But thats because I'm usually out HAVING A LIFE rather than letting my **** get...
My sensei is 3rd dan and has been practicing for over 20 years. He is also type 1 diabetic. It doesn't seem to bother him too much. Illness...
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